Standard Request for Proposal Document PS7
33.5 If the Financial Proposal is not submitted in a separate sealed
envelope duly marked as indicated above, this may constitute
grounds for declaring the Proposal non-responsive.
33.6 Proposals shall be submitted on the basis of this RFP Document
issued by the Client.
34. Proposal: 34.1 Proposals shall be delivered to the Client at the address as
Submission stated under ITC Sub Clause 33.3 not later than the date and
Deadline time as specified in the PDS.
34.2 Proposals may be hand delivered or posted by registered mail
or sent by courier. The Client shall, on request, provide the
Consultant with acknowledgement of receipt showing the date
and time when its Proposal was received.
34.3 The Client, at its discretion, may extend the deadline for the
submission of Proposals in accordance with ITC Clause 17 and
31.1, in which case all rights and obligations of the Client and
Consultants previously subject to the deadline shall thereafter
be subject to the deadline as extended.
35. Proposal 35.1 Any Proposal received by the Client after the deadline for
Submitted submission of Proposals shall be declared LATE and returned
Late unopened to the Consultant.
E. Proposal Opening and Evaluation
36. Technical 36.1 Proposal Opening Committee (POC) shall open all the Technical
Proposal Proposals received, shortly after the deadline for submission and,
Opening at the place specified in the PDS. There shall be no public
opening of the Technical Proposals.
36.2 The Financial Proposals shall be kept closed in the safe custody
of the Head of the Procuring Entity or an Officer authorized by
him/her until such time as the evaluation of Technical Proposal
has been completed.
37. Restriction on 37.1 Following the opening of the Technical Proposals by the POC,
Disclosure of and until the Contract is signed, no Consultant shall make any
information unsolicited communication to the Client or the Proposal
Evaluation committee (PEC).
37.2 From the time the Proposals are opened to the time the Contract
is awarded, any effort by the Consultant to influence the Client or
the PEC in the Client’s Proposal evaluation, Proposal comparison
or Contract award decisions may result in non-responsiveness of
the Consultant’s Proposal.
38. Clarification 38.1 PEC may ask the Consultants for clarification of their Proposals, in
on Proposal order to facilitate the examination and evaluation of the Proposals.
The request for clarification by the PEC and the response from the
Consultants shall be in writing, and Proposal clarifications which
may lead to a change in the substance of the Proposal or in any of
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